I need advice from the shooting crowd.

[TrojanDonkey]

It is striker fired and it has a safety but my Taurus Slim PT 709 carries well and is easy to handle for a small single stack 9mm.MY younger sister can handle it decently and she is 4ft 11 95 lbs. I have a Ruger LCP .380 with Crimson Trace laser sight.It is also single stack,no manual safety 9ounces and is hammer fired.It is a concealed hammer if it matters to you-not striker fired=$340 without laser.My sister can hold it better and shoot it better than me.It is an easy packing lightweight short range gun.Neither never jammed-ever. They are plenty accurate for body shots at 15 yards.I have a Crimson Trace laser coming for my PT 709.Weapons rock! Ammunition to go .com has plenty of .380 ammo at a great price.

[ceya]

Jordan,

Training is what I think you should get her.

Gunsite,NRA, S&W and the other schools out there.

More shooting and quality training.


S/F,
CEYA!

[Jordan]

Jordan,

Training is what I think you should get her.

Gunsite,NRA, S&W and the other schools out there.

More shooting and quality training.


S/F,
CEYA!

Heh, that had occurred to me. It isn't likely that she'll shell out the bucks for gunsite or for a trip to Connecticut... but whatever she gets will come with an introductory class at a similar establishment here in El Paso.

Edit: Also, she has decided that she really wants the Sig. Can't say I blame her, even though a big part of me was hoping she'd opt for one of the slightly cheaper options. I now have a few short months until birthday time to hunt one down for a price my little E4 paycheck can withstand :p .

[2cha]

Which Sig?

[Jordan]

P225/p6... found a lot of them that were mentioned here, that is the only one she got excited about. The one she held was pretty shot out... so I'm passing on that and looking for one in better condition, but she liked the way it fit in her hands and how simple the fire controls were. She shied away from every double stack I put into her hands... and everything with a thumb safety. The only thing the 225 doesn't have that she liked in some other pistols was a grip safety... but the only guns with grip safeties had thumb safeties or were double stacks. It took a pretty solid day of roving from gun shop to gun shop to pawn shop to satisfy me that this is what she wanted (or, rather, I took full advantage of a day when I had an excuse to wander from gun shop to gun shop :p ). The shop with the 225 in it said that she could pop by and try it out on one of the days they do range quals for their CHL classes, so that will be the final word... but I'm pretty sure this is what she is going to want at the end of the day.

[Dr. Snubnose]

Your little gal there has good taste...make sure you get her one with a tight slide to rail fit....if it rattles pass on it...it will still shoot well but will drive her crazy..like there is always something wrong with it....Find one in good shape and she will be thrilled for a long time to come....Though I own a lot of different semi-autos...my favorites are still the Sigs...On the plus side they are super easy to take down and clean, so accurate they make a newbie look good. That is important believe it or not, she'll be on paper that very first day and hitting the X ring in no time at all...That gives then incentive to practice and get even better. Hammer drop safety is a god-send, nice and flat for carry...very good sights....built like a tank...what more could she ask for....Worth every penny from your E4 pay check...oh and the grip safety...well it's over rated....Doc :D